Weve already had so much snow , winter chill has been around, now talking about as if it hasnt been enough, now talking about even more, katie indeed we are. Actually will end up being total flip from where you ended up with the heaviest totals over the span of the last 24 hours, now to up southern counties where you had the heaviest snow in the pocono, lehigh area, now from Philadelphia County on south and east. So for now, storm scan is quiet. Basically empty, devoid of much more than just couple of clouds that are still out there. There isnt a lot to track with this next storm, just yet , because it hasnt quite blossom on the radar, but give it time, it will. It will really show it hands over the midatlantic. We do get in on the, as well. Now the temperatures, as they currently stands, are as such, theyre cold, we dont thankfully have too much in the way of winds speeds right now to make this feel much colder. But, youre at 8 degrees at mount pocono, 13 in allentown, just 25, even here in the city so do you have to make sure youre bundle up yourself and the kids and even pets adequately going for the extra long walk this morning, make sure theyre ready for it, too , your winds flow for the most part out of the north, northeast at this hour, keeping things on the cold side, but again not windy, where your wind flow is coming f now as the day goes on, dont expect heck of a loft sun, guys, thats going to go by the wayside as clouds quickly build, with this next storm, making it development. So come 3 00 p. M. , even as early as one, 2 00, meisha, start to see the snow break out. And ill give you better idea how much you can find out there little later in the show good warning for all of our later commuters, heads up on that if you are planning on leaving work little earlier today. Good morning, looking outside 95 south at cottman, come around the s curve. Starting to build levels just ever so slightly now, that were cracking into the 5 00 hour, overall everyone still traveling at post dollars speeds, everything still looking good, ben franklin bridge, take a look at that. Gorgeous shot. Construction, schuylkill eastbound between vine and south. Waiting for the one westbound lane to open, i believe it has , now looks like thats all cleared, so looking good there on the schuylkill. Construction jersey still out there 168 north and south near valley road, one to two lanes are blocked there. Thank you, meisha. New this morning, two car crash in olney involving a Philadelphia Police officer is under investigation. This happened around 1230, ogontz and olney, told the offers ever was driving the white unmark car at the time. The officer and the driver of the other vehicle were hospitalized. But are expected to be treated and released. Well, we will know later this morning how grand jury recommends changing the Fraternity Culture of pen straight university. This follows the death of pledge earlier this year, Eyewitness News reporter anita oh, live in the cbs3 news center to tell us more about it. Good morning, jim, rahel. While Beta Theta Pie, the center of this ten mondays investigation has been permanently banned from campus , well learn the future of penn state greek life as a whole, comes after the death of 19 year old timothe piazza in february, a mid what the grand jury has described as culture of hazing and excessive Alcohol Consumption at the university. We need to put a stop to it it has no place in greek life. Thats what jim and ofly piazza have to say about their hazing after their son died after pledging fraternity at penn state university. Center County District attorney stacey parks mill is her expected to hold a press conference this morning, to announce the grand jury report and recommendations regarding Fraternity Life at the school. Prosecutors say piazza died after taking part in the gauntlet, an alcohol fueled haze willing event at the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house. Authorities initially charged 18 brother who they say took 12 hours to call for help, even after piazza fell down a flight of stairs and was knocked unconscious. They add Surveillance Video shows some of the brothers pick him up, and carried him to a couch, where they slapped his face, poured biron him, and one even punch of the him in the abdomen. This when they finally called 911 they did not mention the fall the night before. Instead Officials Say a cover up began, leading Group Messages and even Surveillance Video, in november, prosecutors charged more brothers after investigators recovered that video from the home. However, attorneys for the defendant claim their clients did not force piazza to drink the alcohol, and therefore, should not be held criminally responsible for his death. So much more information expected this morning. The press conference is scheduled ton held at 10 00 at the Center County courthouse. It is unclear what effect her departure will have on this case. Live in the cbs3 news center this morning, anita oh, cbs3, Eyewitness News. A lot more to come, and eat , a thank you. Correspondent don dale is her in bellefonte, look for his live report coming up this morning at 7 00 right after Eyewitness News this morning here on cbs3. Bucks county man who police say responsible for the death of his own two year old son faces Court Hearing at noon today. Police say 27 year old Christopher Coon stole speak presser Levittown Walmart in october with his son in the car. He ran red light, hit another car, which then hit another car. The boy was thrown from the vehicle and died at a Hospital Police say he pause today look at his injured son, but then ran away. He was arrested short time later. Grim milestone for philadelphia. Police are reporting 300 motorists so far this year, up 13 from 2016. Philadelphia hasnt dealt with more than 300 murders in five years. The support group mothers in charge consist of mothers who have lost loved ones to violence, one mother who losses her son to violence says preventing crime starts in the neighborhood. People need to be watchful where they liver, where they raise their children. Can you not to be afraid to speak out whats right. Because it could be me, it could be you. I think it is a disgrace. Now, to combat crime, Philadelphia Police are working to improve dialogue between the department and the community. They have also created an Intelligence Bureau which gathers information on crime. And increase the number of bike Patrol Officer for quicker response times. Well, only on Eyewitness News this morning, authorities investigating three suspicious fires in the Cabrini University dormatory. This is exclusive video of Radnor Township Police in Delaware County detectives working the case on yesterday. Someone started the small fires inside two bathrooms. Police say they were delayed with their investigation because the fires were not reported by the university. Things like this happen. Just really catches me off guard. Because i would never expect Something Like this to happen since our campus is such a Safe Community for all of the students . Investigators now examining if the fires are connect today racist graph eat that i was written in this same cabrini dorm in september. Fortunately, no one was hurt in these fires. Cabrini university issued this statement, to Eyewitness News, it says we are working with Radnor Police department to vegas authority conduct interviews and collect evidence. We have posted a cabrini Public Safety officer in the residence hall, as our student prepare for winter break. Meanwhile, Temple University police are investigating after this racist flyer was posted around campus. A student posted this photo on twitter, showing, one of the flyers in front of a campus dorm. It appeared to blame africanamericans for Bernie Sanders not winning the 2016 president ial election. A racial epp at the time was written on the flyer in large letters, Temple Division every Student Affairs hosed meeting last night to address the flyer. Republicans are expected to unveil their version of tax reform package later today. President trump wants the bill on his desk before christmas. But as brook silva bragga reports, the gop may not have enough support to clear it through capitol hill. The slim margin republicans seem to have in getting their tax bill through may be vanishing. Senator marco rubio has turned out to be key voice, he says, hes a no until the Child Tax Credit gets a bump. I think, unless they can figure out a way to add to the 1100 figure, i wont support the bill. President trump, though, insists all is still good to deliver what he is calling a christmas present. The American People despite rubio reservations. Really been a great guy, really supportive. I think that senator rubio will be there. The other potential roadblock, john mccain is unable to vote at the moment. Hes hospitalized, after being diagnosed with brain cancer. The final plan preserves deductions for student loans, medical expenses that were eliminate in the previous bills, it also doubles the standard deduction, but in a hit, resident of hightax state, the plan caps the deduction for state and local income and property taxes at 10,000 a year. Republicans say they make up for those changes by lowering the marginal tax rate at every income level. Tax cuts for the rich. Thats their purpose. It is a monumental con job. With every democrat expected to vote against the plan, Senate Republicans can only afford to lose two of their own, at least couple of other gopers in addition to senator rubio havent committed to supporting it. Brook silva bragga, cbs3, Eyewitness News. Pennsylvania and delaware plan to file lawsuit against the sfc after the Commission Vote today over turn the Obama Administration Net Neutrality rule. Regulations guarantee equal access to the internet. New york ag, eric sneiderman, has been investigating fake public comment, ftc received during the process. Now the vote was so controversial, security has declared the room just before the vote, because after threat well, still ahead, investigators are searching for a suspect who through an explosive device into a south Jersey Police station, we will show you the Surveillance Video. Then the thomas fire in california, has turned deadly. We will tell you about the fire fight here lost his life, and also update you on just how large the fire has now grown. Plus this. I love snow. This five year olds love of snow has earned him a top prize. We will tell you about how his invention came to life. Oh, it wasnt rudolph running around yesterday, but storm the cow. You can no longer see her at the live nativity scene in old city. This looks like her, but his is not actually her. Well tell you where she went, and who that is. Our thanks now to cbs3 photo journalist for this live picture. Hopefully keeping him good company out there. We will be right back. Devastating wild fire raging near Santa Barbara california has claimed the life after firefighter. Officials say 32 year old cory iverson died battling the thomas fire yesterday. Iverson with the forestry department, leaves behind pregnant wife, two year old daughter. The thomas fire now the fourth largest in state history score scorching nearly 250,000 acres authorities in Atlantic County looking for the man they say hurled molotov cocktail at the gal away Township Police station t shows suspect tossing the glass bottle toward the front doors, then taking off. The bottle shattered and splashed, but did not ignite. No one was injured. Anyone with information is asked to call police. Well, stormy the wandering cow who stole the show yesterday morning has been relieved of her duties at a live nativity scene in old city. Just it recap, stormy wandered away from the live nativity early yesterday, made it on to the 95 ramp at callowhill street. Well, police coraled her, got her back to the nativity at this scene. Stormy got away again, finally caught in a parking garage near fourth and market, safe and sound. And now, a look at the live picture of the nativity scene at old first reform United Church of christ at fourth and race. The scene now stars ginger, she is stormys calf. Stormys back at the Wb Saul High School of Agricultural Sciences in roxborough. Live nativity will be in place until the end of the month. Ginger looks a lot more calm and tame. Im telling you, storm had i shopping to do. Holiday shopping. Apparently. Well, new app is helping student hit the Snooze Button on snow days. It is called delay alarm. The app for iphones and ipads. It is an independent alarm for your device and automatically recalculate the wake up time if a designated School District delays or cancels, where was this when i was in school . Pittsburgh College Student created delay alarm with fellow spewed end, especially high coolers in minds. Right now i just want to help people out. You know, i want to help student safely. Because i know that is something i real i would have wanted when i was a student. Coy use some sleep now. So far the app only includes School District in the pittsburgh and boston areas. It is free for know. Do we get snow days . No. We cant sleep in. Another snowy innovation there is one created by a young inventor, five year old rhett, what he calls snows i blaster. It won his contest with the Youtube Channel kids invent stuff. Host of the show even sent his photos of the snow blaster, fashioned from a leaf blower, and dish soap. Ya, interesting. Cool. And just five years old. Will be featured in upcoming kids invent stuff in great brit began what were we doing at five . Not that. What are we doing at 25 . Im not 25. Getting younger as the days go on here. What was i doing at 25 . Not inventing things like that. All right, guys, well, we are in fact tracking real snow you will not have to break out the dish soap if you are looking for the light stuff here today. Youll get nature made variety that far here today. And the sweet spot of the snow will go to the southern count thinks time around, yesterday we had it obviously in the north and west most counties where you even pick up to three plus inches, especially northern most counties, pocono area, but now, it is from philly on south that you get in on that. Now, here is a live look at the neighborhood network, palmyra cove nature park. No snow just yet. Well get through the morning drive without any major hitches. Meisha getting pay back for the really terrible, or the reports that she had to give yesterday. It is later today, that i think it will get little dice year. So, lets take a look here whats going on on storm scan. You know, it is interesting it , looks like you have two things coming your way here, but the area of low pressure responsible for the snowy we see today isnt really track able yet. Hasnt quite evolved. But will over the midatlantic region, carolinas here, surface area of low pressure and later today specially into the early afternoon, see all the sudden just the radar burst out into snowfall almost across the region as a whole. Just like that. So, thats going to take until later this afternoon, actually even as early as 1 00, 2 00. But for now quiet. Nothing more than some clouds out there. Lets take a look at the future snow amount, european model one of many models we look at. But for the most part, this is pretty much in line with what we are thinking, and when it comes to the contour lines that we would draw. It is generally coating to 2 inches of snow for i95, furthest to the more more after coating but again the sweet spot south and east most counties, perhaps, some spots, if you get into heavy enough bands could end up with 4 inches, general thinking is one to three, in that dark shaded blue zone. So the shore, certainly into cumberland county, even parts of gloss cents at the, camden, going to end up with a higher end of these totals. So, travel, as you might imagine, will only get worse since the commute this morning is totally dry. Looking good. Green light in that regard, with the weather. But by this evening, oh, a lot of people do tend to leave little early on a friday, especially with the holiday coming up. But, again, this snow could get underway as early as 1 00, 2 00. Think about that as you hit the road here. Meanwhile moving forward, we finally start to rebound, and all the way up to 50, meisha, by tuesday. So, finally, getting back to more mild air. Yes, always place at the table for the 50s, i have to tell you that, katie. And yes, so what i said to our morning commuters yesterday, is what ill echo to our evening commuters. Head out there little earlier if you consideration take it very, very easy. For the morning commute, actually looking pretty good out there. So, getting little bit after break than what we saw yesterday. This is where we do however have an accident, blue route northbound, and the schuylkill , pulled off to the far right. You can see the flashing light but you can also see that there is very little volume around there, thats going to slow you down, so looking actually okay. Boulevard, as you take that southbound, you jump on to the schuylkill. This is what you are looking at there. Actually looking good. Looking like fairly typical friday. Thats exactly what we want to see. Do have traffic stop, where is it . Here it is. Traffic stop. Schuylkill eastbound at the vine, thats where the construction was. But that should move out of the way quickly and by the way it is not posing any problems, actually looking pretty good there. Then weve got construction the new jersey turnpike, talk about that coming up in a little bit. Rahel, over to you. All right, meisha, thank you. Now, for a look at newspaper headlines from across our region. On the cover of the Delaware County time, bills being introduced in harrisburg by female members of the house and satisfy that would give women in the workplace a greater defense from sexual harrassment, by their equals and superiors. Bill would update protections every victims from sexual assault, would better hold the accused accountable. From the trentonian, group cold stakeholders for the core of trenton challenging the state over plans to build new taxation and health and ago buildings in the city. The project has no support from city resident. Many saying that the buildings would result in trenton remaining a weakened waste land. Berks county property tax also increase for the first time in five years. Property tax rate will jump by 3. 87 . That means, the owner of a property assessed at 200,000 would pay about 57 more in taxes cents. And thats a look at some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. Up next, the flyers hope to extend their win streak, we have the highlights. Plus we go behind the scenes of this weekends much awaited movie release. Im Kevin Frazier with entertainment tonight. Coming up the force is strong, as star wars, the lasts jed eye, storms into theatres this wee the flyers last 14 games have been of roller coaster, first lose ten games in a row, into last night, four in a roll, and on a roll. Hosted worse team in the eastern conference, the buffalo sabres, well the game did not start off the way they wanted, with a give away goal, brian elliot behind the net, rhino riley gets the goal, flyers down onenothing, just 129 into the game. Dont worry, didnt take long for flyers to tie it up. This very special, travis, rips this one to tie it, very first nhl goal. And it is one to one. Then in the second, we have great pass by jake voracek, setting up this goal. His eighth of the season, and the flyers win their fifth in a row, two to one, and now just two games out of a playoff spot. The flyers are off until saturday, when they host the dallas stars, the sixers will host the Oklahoma City thunder tonight. Thats all for sports, im lesley van arsdall. Have a great day. Some generous flyers fans are helping us with our joy of sharing toyfest, and filled boxings before the game last night, flyers will also collect toys at their next two home games, on saturday and monday night. We will also be collecting toys all day long, starting at 6 00 a. M. , until 8 00 p. M. , monday night, here at cbs3. We hope you can stop by, just come by, say hi, maybe even just drop off a new unwrapped toy, after that, we will be loading up the toys, and then delivering them to children in need. You can also bring a new unwrapped toy to cbs3 holiday fest today in bethlehem. We will be celebrating all of the things that make the Christmas City so festive this time of year. Thats today Eyewitness News beginning at 5 00. Well, coming up in the next half hour of Eyewitness News, liver on wall street with details of huge business deal between disney and fox. Plus, we will take you inside wawas newest store, and it has got a lot of people here in our area feeling wawa envy. We will tell you how far youll have to drive to visit this socalled convenience store. Antis the season for Office Holiday parties. What you need to consider before you go decking the halls. We will be back. If gravitys your biggest fan, its ok. We understand. Theres a little klutz in all of us. Thats why we made clorox splashless bleach. Splashless. Shine on, klutzes. Shine on. Good morning, first, what you need to start your day in our morning minute. Today is friday, december 15th another shot of snow. All of delaware, basically, all of south jersey. And now, including delco, in Philadelphia County, see Winter Weather advisory go into effect at 1 00 p. M. Today we will learn more this morning, about the future of penn state greek life as a whole. This comes after the death of 19 year old, Timothy Piazza , in february, a mid what the grand jury has cents described as a culture every hazing annex he is i have Alcohol Consumption at the university. Senate republicans have worked outcome pro mice tax bill, but do they still have the votes to pass it . The slim margin republicans seem to have in getting their tax bill through, may be vanishing. Feeling the force. Star wars fans line up for the latest installment in the hill film series. So we act out a clips can you believe who my parent turned out to be . Wasnt it shocking . No, i have to go to the
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